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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...s eccentricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alie...
9: ...is document the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned mo...
11: ...ed them serfs. She also encouraged the [[colonization]] of [[Alaska]] and of conquered areas.
13: ...e relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
16: ...reat.jpg|thumb|250px|Catherine the Great's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], ... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
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15: ...nks]], of the [[James Cook|Cook]] expedition in [[1768]]. They are native to [[Australia]], growing in ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... first person to sign the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]. According to legend, he signe...
8: ...4]], Hancock lived in England while building relationships with customers and suppliers of his uncle's...
15: ...s for violation of revenue laws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonians, depending as...
17: ...e to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
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20: ==Biography==
22: ...r, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth-generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[...
24: ...s undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the...
26: ...4]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. The... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...ople's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region]]) and [[India]].
14: ...52;ियसि<br />(transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si...
16: ...pan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationNepal.png]]
33: ...;Total (July [[2005]])<br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 40th]]<br /> 27,676,457<br /> 188/km²... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... the [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map doe...
2: ...War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...etations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...on, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
10: ...he British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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26: !align="left"| [[Perihelion]]
29: !align="left"| [[Aphelion]]
32: !align="left"| [[Orbital period]]
35: !align="left"| [[Synodic period]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...ory of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...hen with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technolog...
11: ...dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...icas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found ...
16: ===European exploration=== - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...States]] and a key point in the [[American revolution]].
2: [[Image:Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
5: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
9: ...re made to forcibly land the tea under the protection afforded by British armed vessels.
11: ...ed toward Griffin's Wharf, dressed as [[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]]s. There, three ships—the ''Dartmo... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...s the capital of the region of [[Veneto]], population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city s...
6: ...]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and ...
8: ...laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner...
10: ...a]] and Duke of [[Istria]]. Later mainland possessions, which extended across [[Lake Garda]] as far we...
12: ...nice, including the [[Mark the Evangelist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian s... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...es Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
5: ==Introduction==
8: ... to study [[algebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one d...
12: ... [[Newfoundland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ... of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
5: ...hop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
7: ...ct, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] was [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[...
11: ...y Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
14: ... [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlanti...
15: ...hah]] [[Reza Pahlavi]] formally asked the international community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ... her father and other forebearers were [[Congregational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held it...
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48: ...s Constitutional Convention|Constitutional Convention]]. She is perhaps best known for her request tha... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
206: *[[Camille Flammarion]] ([[France]], [[1842]] – [[1925]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
7: ...ve aboard]]s', the Reef is a very popular destination for [[scuba diving|scuba divers]]. Many cities a...
16: ... tropics and cattle grazing in the dry tropics regions. Both are considered significant factors affect...
20: ...ropics. Increased global temperatures bring more violent [[tropical storm]]s, but reef systems are nat...
24: There are over 1 million visitors to the Great Barrier Reef each year. Al... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...dson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coasts with a view to imp...
5: ...t (from 6 November 1769) failed through the desertion of his Indians; his second (from [[23 February]]...
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